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NEARER, MY GOD, TO THEE." 



SARAH FLOWER ADAMS. 



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DESIGNS BY L. B. HUMPHREY. 

Engraved by John Andrew and Son. 



BOSTON : 
LEE AND SHEPARD, PUBLISHERS. 

1876. 

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LEE AND SHEPARI). 

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EARER, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee ! 
E'en though it be a cross 

That raiseth me ; 
Still, all my song would be, — 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee ! 




HOUGH, like the wanderer, 
Daylight all gone, 
Darkness be over me, 

My rest a stone ; 
Yet in my dreams I 'd be 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 



Nearer to Thee ! 







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All that Thou sendest me 

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In mercy given ; 
Angels to beckon me 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee ! 




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HEN with my waking thoughts, 
Bright with thy praise, 
Out of my stony griefs 

Bethel I '11 raise ; 
So by my woes to be 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee ! 




R if on joyful wing, 

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Upward I fly, — 

Still, all my song shall be : 

Nearer, my God, to Thee, 

Nearer to Thee ! 





HRIST alone beareth me 
Where Thou dost shine ; 
Joint-heir he maketh me 
Of the Divine ! 
In Christ my soul shall be 
Nearer, my God, to Thee, 
Nearer to Thee ! 



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